"Adaptive Intelligent Maps" - SIA professor John Kelmelis
Date & Time: April 12, 2016 | 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Location: 249 Lewis Katz Building
SIA professor John A. Kelmelis will speak on Adaptive Intelligent Maps as part of the SIA Seminar Series. Kelmelis is a scholar of national and international geography. He brings to Penn State more than thirty years of distinguished government service and leadership, during which time he has provided scientific advice on U.S. foreign policy, regional resource management, disaster response, and information infrastructure. This event is free and open to the public.
He formerly served as Senior Counselor for Earth Science in the Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State (STAS), where he provided policy advice to the White House, Department of State, and other high-level government entities on geology, hydrology, biology, geography, and related sciences and technologies in establishing and executing U.S. foreign policy. He concurrently served as senior science advisor for international policy in the Office of the Director, U.S. Geological Survey, where he served as principal staff advisor on incorporating science into international policy. He is currently a scientist emeritus at U.S. Geological Survey and consults with the Department of State and other organizations.